Connecting to homeduino (standalone)

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I’m currently writing a small api to send and receive data from the homeduino (arduino).
But for now I’m stuck on how to connect to homeduino without the pimatic framework…
This is my code (some customizing from the github help and the files):

var Board, board, homeduino;
homeduino = require('homeduino');
Board = homeduino.Board;
var serialDevice = '/dev/ttyUSB0';
var baudrate = '115200';

board = new Board("serialport", {
  serialDevice: serialDevice,
  baudrate: baudrate
});

console.log(("connecting to " + serialDevice + " with " + baudrate));

board.on("data", (function() {
  return function(data) {
    return console.log("data: \"" + ("" + data) + "\"");
  };
}));

board.connect().then((function() {
  return function() {
    console.log("connected to homeduino");
  };
}));

error:

Unhandled rejection TimeoutError: operation timed out
    at afterTimeout (/funkmodul/node_modules/homeduino/node_modules/bluebird/js/main/timers.js:11:15)
    at timeoutTimeout (/funkmodul/node_modules/homeduino/node_modules/bluebird/js/main/timers.js:53:9)
    at Timer.listOnTimeout [as ontimeout] (timers.js:110:15)

where is the timeout? I’m not using the function
This reverse engineering is bothering me

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

It was me!
Late night dizzyness…

The connect string must be_

board.connect("3000").then((function() {
    console.log("connected to homeduino");
}));

Grab some coffee

so do I understand it correctly? you can use the arduino as remote somewhere, sending data to the pimatic pi and receive data also? so it would act like a “repeater”?
This would be awesome.

In my use case I’ll use pimatic only as part of the smart home.
So the logic will be running on different devices (for more stability and reliability)
For this I’ll need a radio unit, that I can easily use to transmit and receive 433mhz devices. Which also is independed from pimatic or any other running part of the system.

It’s working now, I can for example send something like: http://localhost:3000/api/lamp1/turnOn
or create a new device with post, update a device (put) or delete it.

I didn’t implement receiving, yet. Will see if I have to, since this is only prototyping for my thesis…

If it’s of use for anybody, I’ll publish the code once I’m finished.